Corset



Patented July 26, 1927.

UNITED STATE-S JOSEPH LEONARD, ]?v

ALLENTOWN, lNNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T0 FIFTH AVENUE CORSET COMPANY, INC., OF ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

CORSET.

Application filed September My present invention is an improvement" in corsets, and relates to thigh controllertherefor,

More speciically my present invention is an improvement in the type of corsets or corset brassirres disclosed in my prior Pau ent 1,488,209, of Maren 25,1924.

The general object ot my present invention is to improve the thigh-controlling feature of my prior invention, b y making it adjustable independently of the adjustment ot the garment and ot the abdominal belt, andv vice versa, and further to allow the vertical and longitudinal adjustment ot the abdominal belt independently of the adjustment of the thigh controller.

A further object is to improve the thighcontrolling feature by providing for a more effective adaptability thereof to the conformat-ion oi the wearer. l

WVith these and other objects in view, which will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a general view showing a corset brassire in which the invention is embodied.

Figure laid out the rear.

JFigure 3 represents a detailed view ot a part of Figure 1, showing parts broken away and other parts folded back, and showing the lacings removed, to morefully illustrate the invention.

Figure i is a vertical sectional view of the garment, portions being shown as rolled back for purposes of clear-ness of illustraa thigh reducer or Q shows the brassire opened and flat looking on the inside toward tion.

Although I show and describe the embodi-V ment of the invention in acorset brassire, it will be understood that the invention is equally applicable to a corset.

The garment maybe constructed in general substantially as described in m prior patent, and in the description of tie garment hereinafter given, I will-refer only to those vportions which are necessary to give an understanding of the invention.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the garment in general, includes a soft `separate ,lacmgs 22,

fabric outer portion 10 which completely- 5, 1925. Serial N0. 54,761.

encirrles the body. At the sides ot the body, the garment is split up to the waist line VV-L and the adjacent edges on each side of the splits are provided with eyelets 14,

.at its ends, through which the side lacing connections 15 pass tor supporting the belt, the same' lar-.ings thus supporting the abdominal belt which connect thc edges o t the garment on each side or' the splits together, as shown in niy prior patent. As therein also set forth, the ends oi" the belt are con- H nected with the side lacing connections at such points higher up or lo'wer down as is found most suited to the wearer.

My prior patent shows thigh controlling portions in the nature of elastic thigh sections set in the iront adjoining the lower edges of the splits, to provide necessary yielding points when the wearer is seated, and causing the corset to tit the body at a lower point. It also` shows the outer edges or the elastic. thigh sections as being connected to the adjacent edges of the split sides bythe same lacings which connect the vedges of the split sides of the garment together.

My present invention departs from this prior construction with respect to the thigh controlling portions.

According to my present inventionthe elastic thigh sections 18, which are set in the front 12 of the corset, instead of being` connected to the split edgesof the garment by the same lacings which secure the adjustment of these edges, are connected by not to the split edges of the garment, but to cloth flaps 23. These flaps overlie the lower portions of the sides of the garment, are stitched at their rear edges as at 24 to the sides ot the garment, and at their lower edges as 21h25, to the side portions of the garment near the lower edges thereof, and the front edges 26, and the top edges 27 of such flaps are left free. The elastic sections 18, together with the flaps 23, with their connections, serve to control the size and tit of the garment around the thigh.

One effect of thus constructing the garment, is to materially increase the length of the thighcontrolling portions, by constructing them of the pieces 18 and-.23. Another effect is to'allow of adjustment of the thigh controlling portions closer together or` farther apart, without affecting the adjustment of the sides of the garment or the adjust:4 ment of the abdominal belt, and conversely to allow theadjustment of the sides of the garment closertogether or farther apart,

and of the abdominal belt higher up or lower down, without in any way effecting the adjustment of the thigh controlling portions` By thusmateriallv increasing the length of the thigh controlling portions, it is found that greater ease and comfort is given to the wearer, and the e1i'ecti\'eness of the garment in followingr the conformation of the wearer is increased. rl`his increase in length also imparts increased flexibility to the'thiglr controllingportions, and allows of much more freedom of movement thereof in following the ffure in various postures. It also materiallpy decreases the tendency "to transmit strains incident to movements of the ligure, to the garment. Further the points of attachmentof the arts Q3 of thethigh controllingsportions eing along the lines 24, further around to the sides of the garment than the split edges th'erc of, the pull transmitted to the garment when the thigh controlling portions are closely adjusted, is removed .from the split edges of the garment, where the laces occur, and` is transferred around to the sides of the gar ment. Thus the tension on the thigh conltrolling portions, when they are closely adjusted, or incident to movements or postures ofj the wearer, will not disturb the adjustment of the sides of the garment, and of the abdominal belt, and these arts can be loosely adjustedat the same time that the thigh .Controlling portions are closely adjusted, and vice versa..` By transferring the pull from the split edges-to the sides of the garment, the tendency of the thigh controlling portions, when snugly adjusted to keep 4the lower portions of the back of the garment in smooth condition, is increased. 'Furthermore, -by having the thigh seetions 18 thus separately connected to the flaps 23, which form extensions of the thigh sections, the eyelets 14 on the sides of the garment, can be extended down, as shown 1n Figure 3, well below the'upper edges 27 of the flaps 23, thus allowing of a lower independent adjustmentof the'abdominal belt 20. v I

I have ,illustrated a front opening garment,^but it will be understood that the invention is equally applicable to garments `which open otherwise than and havin at the front, for instance at theside or back. 1 l

The foregoinvP description has been4 given for clearness ofa understanding, and. no undue limitations should be deduced' therefrom, but the a pended claims should be construed as broadly as permissible,`in view of the prior art.

Having thus described my invention 4what I claim as-new and desire to secure by Letters Patent isz-'- i1. In a corset having a body portion s lit adjacent the sides and connected' by lacings and having an abdominal belt also connectcd to said lacings, thigh controlling portions includinfY elastic sections set into the front of the body portion and non-elastic `sections over-lapping the lower portions of the sides of-the garment, said non-elastic sections beingconnected to the body portion further around to the sides than the splits, and lacing connections'indepcndent of the first said lacings, connectiner the sections of cach thigh controlling portion together.

2. In a corset having a body portion split adjacent the sides and Connected by lacings and having an abdominal belt also connected to said lacings, thigh controlling portions each over-lapping one of the split sldes and comrising sections set into the front of the ody portion and sections connected to the sides of the body portion of the garment beyond they splits, and lacing connect/ions independent of the first said lacings, connecting the sections of each thigh controlling portion together.

3.- I'n a corset having a body portion split adjacent the sides and connected by lacings an abdominal belt also connected to said lacmgs, thigh controlling portions including sections connected to the front of the body4 and sections connected to the side portions of the bod Y ofthe arment, and connections indepen( ent of sai lacings connecting the sections of the thigh controlling portion together.

4.- ln a corset having a body portion split' adjacent a side thereofl and having connections connecting ,the edgcs'of the split, a thigh controlling portion overlying the lower portion of the split and includingr a sec-4 tion connected to the front and a section connected to the side of the garment, and connections independent of the first said connections, connecting the sections of the thigh controlling portion together.

ln testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

JOSEPH LEONARD.

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